Saturday, October 10, 2015

VGS Reminders: 12-16 October 2015

14 New Members joined at the September Genearl Meeting
Monday, October 12, 2015
Family Tree Maker Uses SIG Meeting
1:00 PM in the Patriot Room at the Mulberry Grove Recreation Center
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Osceola Room at the Chula Vista Recreation Center
Thursday, October 15, 2015
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation Center
Friday, October 16, 2015
Scandinavian Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Clearwater Room Sea Breeze Recreation Center

19th Annual Central Florida Family History Conference:
November 7, 2015: 9:00 am to 3:45 pm
Olympia High School, Orlando, Florida
Admission is $20.00 and includes the Conference Notebook. A Panera Bread lunch is available for $10.00. Register now as seating is limited. Register HERE.

A state of the art bus will be available from The Villages for $20.00 per person. Members may also arrange their own car pool.   Hear more about the conference HERE.
Lectures to choose from...



Bus Information: 
A state-of-the-art bus will pick up conference goers about 7am on Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Wal-mart on Rt.27. It will also stop in Leesburg at the Palm Plaza shopping center (in front of Publix).

Return trip will start at 5pm. Cost is only $20 round trip. Send check made out to Karen Jorgensen, and mail to Karen Jorgensen, PO Box 1713, Windermere, FL 34786. No refunds. Your seat is not reserved until your check is received! Only 58 seats available so hurry! It will be fun! Call Karen at 407-299-5882 if you have questions!
Download: Conference Flyer

Editor's Note: I have attended this conference several times and it is one of the best annual seminars in Florida every year.

National Archives Virtual Genealogy Fair:
The National Archives
"Please join the National Archives for the 2015 Virtual Genealogy Fair on October 21 & 22. This will be a live broadcast via YouTube so you can ask our genealogy experts questions at the end of their talks."
More Information...

This Day In History: 10 October
1789: In Versailles France, Joseph Guillotin says the most humane way of carrying out a death sentence is decapitation by a single blow of a blade.
1877: Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer is buried at West Point in New York.
1871: The London Bridge, built in 1831 and dismantled in 1967, reopens in Lake Havusu City, Arizona, after being sold to Robert P. McCulloch and moved to the United States.
1900 Birthday: Helen Hayes, American actress.

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